Box-strapping bench



Apr.. 3, 1923. 1,450,315

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UNITE `s'rnrias GEORGE WOOD, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO AIEC. J'. GERRARD, OF

CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

BOX-STRAIPPING BENCH.

Application led January 22, 1920. Serial No. 353,811.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE IVO'OD, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, and State of Washington, havey invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Strappin Benches, of which' the following is a speci cation.

My invention relates to a bench or `table intended for handling a box while putting a strap or hoop about the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a table which will enable the box to be more conveniently and rapidly handled while placing` reinforcing hoops or wires about the same, than would be possible by placing it upon an ordinary table'or support.

My invention consists of the use -of a turn table support for the box togethery with means for conveniently handling and controlling the same and also in the .provision of means for supporting the wire tying tool when the same is not in use. It also consists of means whereby the above-mechanisms are adjustable to fit different conditions.

The features of this invention which I believe to be new and upon which I desire to secure a patent will be hereinafter described and then particularly pointed out by the claims terminating this specification. l

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my device constructed in accordance with my present preferred forms.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device as seen from the side at which the workman stands.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same device seen at a different' view point and with the standard in section.

Figure 3 is a -side View showing a modification, designed for being placed upon an ordinary bench.

It is customary to repare boxes and packages, and particular y if they are designed for shipment to any great distance, by placing about them reinforcing hoops or bands. My invention is designed to form a lbench or table for lthe reception of such `boxes or packages so as to facilitate doing this work. In the form of the device as shown in Figures 1 and 2, it is shown as carried by a post or pillar which is secured to the fioor, while n Figure 3 it is shown as provided with rically opposed positions.

a low base and is intended to be supported.l

from .a bench or-any other raised surface. The device as shown in Figures 1 and 2 employs a ,tubular post 1 which is provided with a base, as 10, adapted to be secured to the floor. A secondtube 2 is adapted to telescope within the base tubel .and in this way means are provided whereby the working height of the turntable may be varied. This may be done by providing the inner tube 2 with a series ofholes 20 which are adapted to receive a pin 21 which also passes through the upper endl of the base section l of the pillar. y

Mounted upon the 'upper end of the central tube 2 is a collar 3. `This is adapted to turn upon the tube 2. This collar 3 carries the turn-table 4. The turn-table may be of any suitable constructionand size. As illustrated it is provided with low upturned flanges 40 upon two sides and with other flanges 41 at the other two sides', which latter flanges are turned downward. The

flanges 41 serve to materially stifl'en the table while the flanges-.40 serve to secure the box or package in secure position and in addition give a certain measure of-stifl'ness to the table.

The lower end of. the collar 3 may be provided with two notches 30 placed at ldiamet- These slots are adapted to receive a locking catch 31 which is mounted to reciprocate withina guide 32 and is normally held up,'or in locking position, by a spring 33. Secured to the catch 31 is a rod 34 which is operatively connect# ed with a treadle lever 35. The rod 34 may. be made to telescope with a tube 36 so that the lengthof' the connection between the lever yand the catch may be Varied. A clamping bolt 37 may be employed to secure these two parts in adjusted relation.

The tool employed for securing the wire hoops about a box is of some little Weight. l

It is employed by .placing it uponthe box during the time -of securing the hoop. As it must be removed when the box is shifted in position and also when removing the box and replacing it with another, I have probeing done by forming a band 52 which is bolted to the pillar. The upwardly rising portion of this arm, at the level occupied by the box when the hoop is being placed there# on. should be placed to one side of the outer edge of the turn-table a suffcient distance toy permit free swinging of the box when it is upon the turn-table. The arm 5() may be re-y inforced by a compound telescopic brace, as

or in any other suitable manner.

In Figure 3 is shown the manner o f Constructing this device when it is designed for placing upon a bench. The pillar construction is omitted, otherwise, it is esseentially the same as that shown in Figures 1 and 2. As shown in Figure 3 no provision has been made for stopping the turn-table in an exy of the box at each end to permit placing of the wire hoop at the points desired. The wire tying tool may be placed upon the shelf 51. This shelf should preferably be a very slight distance above, or about at the level of the upper surface of the box and a little to one side of the side margin thereof. The position as best shown in Figures 1 and 3 is desirable.

To place the hoop about the box, the wire tying tool is placed upon the box and by its use the hoop is secured upon the box. The tool is then lifted back to the shelf 51, the turn-table with the box thereon turned half Way around, which brings the opposite end of the box in position for receiving its reinforcing hoop.

The upwardly extending port-ion of the arm which supports the shelf 51, may be made adjustable so as to be able to adjust the level of the shelf to correspond with boxes of different sizes. In Figure 3 I have shown one manner of doing this, the same consisting in making the supporting arm in two parts, 53 and 54, and providing one or both of these with a. series of holes through two of which the securing bolt 55 may be passed and through the other a pin 56, which is adapted to enter other holes; or, in lieu of the pin 56, a second bolt may be employed.

That I claim as my invention is:

1. A boxstrapping bench comprising a base, a box holding table carried by the base and vertically adjustable, an arm secured to the base and extending-outwardly and upwardly at a distance from the center to clear the box being operated upon, a shelf carried by the upper end of said arm well above the box holding table and laterally removed therefrom, and an adjustable brace connect` ed with the outer parts of said arm and adapted to reach the floor.

2. A box strapping bench comprising a base, a vertically adjustable base extension, a box holding table carried upon said extension, an arm secured to the said extension and extending outwardly and upwardly at a distance from the center to clear the box being operated upona shelf carried by the upper end of said arm just above and at one side 0f the said table, and a brace consisting of telescopic members hinged to the outer part of said arm and adapted to engage the floor.

Signed at Seattle, King County, Vashington this 15th day of January, 1920.

GEORGE WOOD. 

